Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
February 24, 2013
Submitted
February 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N184WK
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9171
Aircraft time
1,641 hours, 6,965 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH, THE TAILROTOR PEDALS KICKED HARD LT AND RT, YAW SAS TRIM ACTUATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 3 SECONDS AND THEN EXTINGUISHED AND PEDALS RETURNED TO NORMAL. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED CHECKS OF THE AUTO PILOT SYS, CLEANED CONNECTIONS AT THE YAW SEMA AND YAW TRIM ACTUATOR AND THE TAIL ROTOR CONTROL SYS. A FLIGHT CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH 4 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AND ALL SYSTEMS PERFORMED AS DESIGNED AND PROBLEM, COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AT THIS TIME.